Lucien Génin Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Lucien Génin Art Value Price Guide

May. 24, 2026
LUCIEN GÉNIN, ROUEN 1894 - 1953 PARIS
Est: -
Lucien Génin Rouen 1894 - 1953 Paris View of Paris Oil on wood 15.5 x 21.5 cm, with frame 30.5 x 36.5 cm Signed lower left Lucien Génin Rouen 1894 - 1953 Paris Ansicht von Paris Öl auf Holz 15,5 x 21,5 cm, mit Rahmen 30,5 x 36,5 cm Signiert unten links
Tiberius Auctions
Apr. 28, 2026
LUCIEN GÉNIN, ROUEN 1894 - 1953 PARIS, ATTRIBUTED
Est: €200 - €400
Lucien Génin Rouen 1894 - 1953 Paris, attributed View of Paris Oil on wood 15.5 x 21.5 cm, with frame 30.5 x 36.5 cm Signed lower left Lucien Génin Rouen 1894 - 1953 Paris, zugeschrieben Ansicht von Paris Öl auf Holz 15,5 x 21,5 cm, mit Rahmen 30,5 x 36,5 cm Signiert unten links
Tiberius Auctions
Mar. 29, 2026
Lucien GENIN (France / 1894-1953) - Collection Jacques Thalheimer Paris, place du Tertre à Montmar
Est: €300 - €500
Lucien GENIN (France / 1894-1953) - Collection Jacques Thalheimer Paris, place du Tertre à Montmartre Gouache sur papier Signé ‘Lucien genin’ (en bas à gauche) 54 x 65 cm ; avec cadre 75 x 86 cm Provenance : - Richard Anacréon, Librairie ‘L’originale’, 22 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris (selon registre personnel de J. Thalheimer, no. 25) - Jacques Thalheimer (1890-1975), Paris (acquis auprès du précédent, le 15 décembre 1958, selon registre personnel de J. Thalheimer, no. 25) - Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel
Osenat
Mar. 29, 2026
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Bouquet de fleurs Gouache et aquarelle sur carton Signé en bas à gauc
Est: €300 - €500
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Bouquet de fleurs Gouache et aquarelle sur carton Signé en bas à gauche 41 x 33 cm ; avec cadre 55 x 46,5 cm
Osenat
Mar. 26, 2026
LUCIEN GÉNIN (1894-1953)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
LUCIEN GÉNIN (1894-1953) JARDIN DU CASINO, NICE Huile sur toile Signée en bas à gauche Oil on canvas; signed lower left 60 X 73 CM - 23 5/8 X 28 3/4 IN.
Tajan
Mar. 23, 2026
LUCIEN GÉNIN
Est: CHF400 - CHF500
(Rouen 1894–1953 Paris) Segelboote auf dem Fluss. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten links signiert. 46x55 cm. Gerahmt.
Schuler Auktionen
Jan. 04, 2026
LUCIEN GÉNIN
Est: CHF800 - CHF1,000
(Rouen 1894–1953 Paris) Segelboote auf dem Fluss. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten links signiert. 46x55 cm. Gerahmt.
Schuler Auktionen
Dec. 07, 2025
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Le restaurant Coquibus, place Blanche
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Le restaurant Coquibus, place Blanche Huile sur carton Signé en bas à droite 44 x 54 cm ; avec cadre 66 x 76 cm Bibliographie : -Bertrand Willot, Lucien Genin : artiste peintre, 1894-1953 : de Montmartre à l’ombre de Saint-Germain, Ed. la vie d’artiste, 1999, reproduit.
Osenat
Dec. 02, 2025
LUCIEN GÉNIN
Est: CHF800 - CHF1,000
(Rouen 1894–1953 Paris) Segelboote auf dem Fluss. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten links signiert. 46x55 cm. Gerahmt.
Schuler Auktionen
Nov. 29, 2025
Genin, Lucien 1894 Rouen - 1958 Paris
Est: -
Genin, Lucien 1894 Rouen - 1958 Paris Rue Norvins, vers 1925. Signiert. Rückseite betitelt. Öl/Lwd., 38 x 46,5 cm.
Dusseldorfer Auktionshaus
Nov. 24, 2025
LUCIEN GÉNIN, ROUEN 1894 - 1953 PARIS
Est: €200 - €400
Lucien Génin Rouen 1894 - 1953 Paris View of Paris Oil on wood 15.5 x 21.5 cm, with frame 30.5 x 36.5 cm Signed lower left
Tiberius Auctions
Nov. 19, 2025
LUCIEN GÉNIN (Rouen, 1894 - Paris 1953). "Place Pigalle", Paris. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower margin.
Est: €2,800 - €3,200
LUCIEN GÉNIN (Rouen, 1894 - Paris 1953). "Place Pigalle", Paris. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower margin. Measurements: 60 x 73 cm; 86 x 98 cm (frame). As we appreciate in this endearing painting of the Place Pigalle, Génin's style was characterized by capturing the spirit of Paris of the interwar period with a deliberately naïff charm. Lovers fused in an embrace, strollers, businessmen, lonely ladies, couples of all types and conditions, cross paths in this place famous for its cabarets and for having been home to the great artists of the Parisian avant-garde. Lucien Génin studied at the Rouen School of Fine Arts, where his teachers were Alphonse and Albert Guilloux, and later enrolled in Decorative Arts at l'École-de-Médecine. He took evening classes in sculpture, architectural composition and mathematics. He arrived in Montmartre in 1912, after having done a series of small trades, Maclet finally made a living with his painting. Lucien Genin, at the age of twenty-five, settled permanently in Montmartre. More than a painter of Paris, Genin is a painter of Parisians, of the devouring passion that stirs all his characters in the big city. He paints them in the alleys of Montmartre, dining at night in the Place du Tertre, singing in the Lapin Agile, cars on the boulevards, spectators and street singers; he follows them on the banks of the Marne with the first rays of the sun and in the south of France in summer. In turn, he is in Nogent-sur-Marne, Marseille and Cassis, Cannes and Villefranche-sur-Mer. He was in Douarnenez in 1929 with Pierre Colle, Giovanni Leonardi and Max Jacob. He painted the port of Rosmeur at the feast of the blue nets and exhibited his painting at the Salon d'Automne in 1930. In November 1929, André Warnod wrote about his painting: "Lucien Genin describes Paris with a sometimes hasty ardor but with a pleasant taste of vivid colors". During these ten years, he practiced a painting that was composed, colorful, sensitive, skillful, delicate, humorous and comic. A painting by Lucien Genin won the Art Institute of Chicago prize in 1932. In 1940, he took refuge in Marseilles for a few months. In 1941, the City of Paris bought him a gouache and in 1944 René Fauchois presented his exhibition at the Bernard Gallery. In 1947 he left for Cassis for the last time and exhibited at the Bernard gallery on his return. In his last years he devoted himself to painting landscapes in his room, with his easel under the window, where Robert Doisneau visited him a few weeks before his death. Lucien Genin was immortalized in 1953 in Le Vin des rue by Robert Giraud and Robert Doisneau. A retrospective exhibition was organized for him at the Galerie Seine in 1954.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 30, 2025
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953).
Est: €200 - €300
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953). Montmartre, place du Tertre avec Sacré-Cœur. Gouache, signée en bas à gauche. 19,5 x 26 cm. (Cadre).
Phidias
Oct. 09, 2025
LUCIEN GENIN, PARIS STREET SCENE, GOUACHE ON PAPER
Est: $600 - $900
Lucien Genin (French, 1894-1953). Untitled - Paris Street Scene, watercolor and gouache on paper, signed LL. Framed. Provenance: Private Collection, Atlanta, GA. Approximate dimensions: sight h. 8.375", w. 10.375"; frame h. 10.25", w. 12.25", d. 1.25".
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Sep. 27, 2025
Lucien Genin, 1894-1953, oil/canvas, signed, framed
Est: €50 - €100
Lucien Genin, 1894-1953, oil/canvas, signed, framed, total approx 30x34 cm . German Description: Lucien Genin, 1894-1953, Öl/Lwd, sign., R., gesamt ca. 30x34 cm
Henry's Auktionshaus
Sep. 11, 2025
LUCIEN GENIN (FRENCH, 1894-1953) PARIS SCENE
Est: $600 - $800
Cityscape depicting a scene in Paris, along the Seine River. Signed lower left. Gouache on board. Dimensions: (Frame) H 28" x W 20.25" (Sight) H 18" x W 21" Condition: Wear consistent with age. Minor scratches ands nicks.
Westport Auction
May. 09, 2025
GÉNIN, LUCIEN: Le Port de Marseille.
Est: CHF2,700 - CHF4,000
GÉNIN, LUCIEN (Rouen 1894 - 1953 Paris) : Le Port de Marseille; Öl auf Leinwand; 60x73 cm; sig. u.r.
Dobiaschofsky Auktionen AG
Apr. 24, 2025
Lucien Genin (French, 1894-1958), "Rue Norvins"
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
† Lucien Genin (French, 1894-1958) "Rue Norvins", 1922 watercolor and gouache signed, dated and titled lower right. Glazed and framed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Mar. 23, 2025
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Notre-Dame de Paris
Est: €700 - €800
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Notre-Dame de Paris Huile sur carton Signé en bas à droite 22 x 30 cm ; avec cadre 35 x 43 cm
Osenat
Mar. 20, 2025
Lucien Génin (1894-1953) - French Impressionist - 19th Century - Vase in gouache on paper
Est: €200 - €250
Framed dimensions: 40 x 30 cm. Provenance: important European private collection of avant-garde and realist masters from Eastern Europe.
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Feb. 21, 2025
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1953) Paris, la place Pigalle
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1953) Paris, la place Pigalle Huile sur toile Signée en bas vers la droite 60 x 73 cm Oil on canvas Signed lower towards the right 23 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. Provenance Collection particulière
HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
Feb. 13, 2025
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1958)
Est: €200 - €400
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1958) Le Pont Marie Gouache sur papier Signée en bas à gauche 37 x 32 cm
HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
Jan. 14, 2025
Lucien Genin (1894-1953)
Est: £80 - £120
Lucien Genin (1894-1953) An arch in Paris, signed, gouache on paper, 21.5 x 27.5cm, framed Condition Report: Fair overall, glazed and frame flaking. 40 x 45cm
Sworders
Dec. 11, 2024
Lucien Genin (1894-1953)
Est: £200 - £300
Lucien Genin (1894-1953) An arch in Paris, signed, gouache on paper, 21.5 x 27.5cm, framed Condition Report: Fair overall, glazed and frame flaking. 40 x 45cm
Sworders
Nov. 27, 2024
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1958)
Est: €200 - €400
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1958) Le Pont Marie Gouache sur papier Signée en bas à gauche 37 x 32 cm
HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
Nov. 27, 2024
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1958)
Est: €200 - €400
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1958) La sortie de l'église Gouache sur papier Signée en bas à droite 37 x 32 cm
HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
Nov. 21, 2024
Genin, Lucien (1894-1958). (On the terrace).
Est: €60 - €80
Genin, Lucien (1894-1958). (On the terrace). Etching, 29,5x22 cm., signed "Genin" and "25/35" in pencil.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Oct. 02, 2024
Lucien Génin
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
French, 1894-1958 Street Carnival in Paris Signed Lucien Génin (ll) Oil on canvas Sight 23 x 28 inches (58.4 x 71.1 cm) (Framed 28 1/2 x 34 inches)
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 24, 2024
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1953)
Est: €200 - €300
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1953) VUE DE LA PLACE PIGALLE, PARIS Gouache et aquarelle sur papier Signé en bas à droite Gouache and watercolor on paper; signed lower right 16 X 16 CM • 6 1/4 X 6 1/4 IN.
Tajan
Sep. 21, 2024
Lucien Genin
Est: €280 - €340
Lucien Genin 1894 Rouen - 1953 Paris - Tänzerin - Pastell/Papier. 67,2 x 51,5 cm. Sign. r. u.: Genin. Das Blatt liegt lose. Auf Unterlegkarton fixiert. Minim. Risse am oberen Rand. Lucien Genin besuchte die Schule der Schönen Künste in Rouen, zog dann nach Montmartre, um in Paris eine Ausbildung im "Arts Deco" zu absolvieren und Abendkurse in Bildhauerei zu belegen. Zeichnungen von Genin stellen das Leben in Montmartre und Paris im Allgemeinen dar, aber auch an den Ufern der Marne und im Sommer in Marseille und Cassis, Cannes und Villefranche-sur-Mer.
Das Kunst- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG
Sep. 21, 2024
Lucien Genin
Est: €280 - €340
Lucien Genin 1894 Rouen - 1953 Paris - "Nubier-Frau" - Pastell/Papier. 54,5 x 38,4 cm (Blattmaß). Auf altem Papierettikett bez. Dort mit Angabe zur Provenienz (aus dem Besitz Baron Huldschinsky, Berlin). Das Blatt liegt lose. Auf Unterlegkarton fixiert. Leicht angeschmutzt. Lucien Genin besuchte die Schule der Schönen Künste in Rouen, zog dann nach Montmartre, um in Paris eine Ausbildung im "Arts Deco" zu absolvieren und Abendkurse in Bildhauerei zu belegen. Zeichnungen von Genin stellen das Leben in Montmartre und Paris im Allgemeinen dar, aber auch an den Ufern der Marne und im Sommer in Marseille und Cassis, Cannes und Villefranche-sur-Mer.
Das Kunst- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG
Jul. 30, 2024
**Lucien Genin 1894-1958 (French) Paris, Porte Saint Denis gouache on paper
Est: $600 - $700
Lucien Genin 1894-1958 (French) Paris, Porte Saint Denis gouache on paper h:24.50 w: 33.50 cm. signed lower left Other Notes: Items marked **with a lot number indicate they have been imported into Israel. These items are subject to Israeli tax laws, including a 17% value-added tax (VAT) on the purchase price and the buyer's commission ONLY WHEN RELEASED IN ISRAEL. Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 10, 2024
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1953) Paris, la place Pigalle
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
LUCIEN GENIN (1894-1953) Paris, la place Pigalle Huile sur toile Signée en bas vers la droite 60 x 73 cm Oil on canvas Signed lower towards the right 23 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. Provenance Collection particulière
HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
Jun. 27, 2024
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953)
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) L'église Saint-Germain-des-Prés à Paris Huile sur toile Signée en bas à gauche 50 x 61 cm
Maison Verneuil
Jun. 09, 2024
TABLEAU "VUE DE LA PLACE VENDÔME A PARIS" de Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Huil
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
TABLEAU "VUE DE LA PLACE VENDÔME A PARIS" de Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Huile sur toile signé en bas à gauche Dim : 73 x 60 cm Bon état, vendue sur désignation
Paris Oise Enchères
May. 03, 2024
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953)
Est: €100 - €200
“Saint-Germain-des-Prés” Gouache 10.5 x 11 cm (at sight) and 24.5 x 25 cm with frame, signed. Delivery of lots without transport costs to LA SALLE 20 rue DROUOT-PARIS the day after the sale (Saturday May 4) or a few days after the sale at 18, rue Grange-Batelière (25 meters from the Hôtel Drouot). Otherwise sending from FRANCE at the buyer's expense by the carrier of their choice. « Saint-Germain-des-Prés » Gouache 10,5 x 11 cm (à vue) et 24,5 x 25 cm avec cadre, signée. Remise des lots sans frais de transport à LA SALLE 20 rue DROUOT-PARIS le lendemain de la vente (samedi 4 mai) ou quelques jours après la vente GALERIE 18, rue Grange-Batelière (25 mètres de l’Hôtel Drouot) sinon l'envoi de la FRANCE à la charge de l’acheteur par le transporteur de son choix.
Hotel des ventes de Lausanne
May. 03, 2024
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953)
Est: €100 - €200
“Paris – The bridge on the railway” Gouache 9.5 x 14 cm (at sight) and 20 x 25 cm with frame, signed. Delivery of lots without transport costs to LA SALLE 20 rue DROUOT-PARIS the day after the sale (Saturday May 4) or a few days after the sale at 18, rue Grange-Batelière (25 meters from the Hôtel Drouot). Otherwise sending from FRANCE at the buyer's expense by the carrier of their choice. « Paris – Le pont sur la voie ferrée » Gouache 9,5 x 14 cm (à vue) et 20 x 25 cm avec cadre, signée. Remise des lots sans frais de transport à LA SALLE 20 rue DROUOT-PARIS le lendemain de la vente (samedi 4 mai) ou quelques jours après la vente GALERIE 18, rue Grange-Batelière (25 mètres de l’Hôtel Drouot) sinon l'envoi de la FRANCE à la charge de l’acheteur par le transporteur de son choix.
Hotel des ventes de Lausanne
May. 03, 2024
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953)
Est: €100 - €200
“Montmartre – Le Sacré-Cœur” Gouache 12 x 15 cm (at sight) and 27 x 30 cm with frame, signed. Delivery of lots without transport costs to LA SALLE 20 rue DROUOT-PARIS the day after the sale (Saturday May 4) or a few days after the sale at 18, rue Grange-Batelière (25 meters from the Hôtel Drouot). Otherwise sending from FRANCE at the buyer's expense by the carrier of their choice. « Montmartre – Rue de l’Abreuvoir » Gouache 12 x 15 cm (à vue) et 27 x 30 cm avec cadre, signée. Remise des lots sans frais de transport à LA SALLE 20 rue DROUOT-PARIS le lendemain de la vente (samedi 4 mai) ou quelques jours après la vente GALERIE 18, rue Grange-Batelière (25 mètres de l’Hôtel Drouot) sinon l'envoi de la FRANCE à la charge de l’acheteur par le transporteur de son choix.
Hotel des ventes de Lausanne
May. 03, 2024
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953)
Est: €100 - €200
“Montmartre” Gouache 19 x 24 cm (at sight) and 32 x 37 cm with frame. Delivery of lots without transport costs to LA SALLE 20 rue DROUOT-PARIS the day after the sale (Saturday May 4) or a few days after the sale at 18, rue Grange-Batelière (25 meters from the Hôtel Drouot). Otherwise sending from FRANCE at the buyer's expense by the carrier of their choice. « Montmartre » Gouache 19 x 24 cm (à vue) et 32 x 37 cm avec cadre. Remise des lots sans frais de transport à LA SALLE 20 rue DROUOT-PARIS le lendemain de la vente (samedi 4 mai) ou quelques jours après la vente GALERIE 18, rue Grange-Batelière (25 mètres de l’Hôtel Drouot) sinon l'envoi de la FRANCE à la charge de l’acheteur par le transporteur de son choix.
Hotel des ventes de Lausanne
Mar. 24, 2024
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Le Pont Neuf Huile sur panneau
Est: €700 - €800
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Le Pont Neuf Huile sur panneau Signé en bas à droite 22 x 30 cm ; avec cadre : 35 x 43 cm.
Osenat
Mar. 24, 2024
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Notre-Dame de Paris Huile sur pannea
Est: €700 - €800
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Notre-Dame de Paris Huile sur panneau Signé en bas à droite 22 x 30 cm ; avec cadre : 35 x 43 cm.
Osenat
Mar. 24, 2024
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Le Moulin de la Galette Huile sur to
Est: €700 - €800
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) Le Moulin de la Galette Huile sur toile Signé en bas à droite 35 x 37 cm ; avec cadre : 40 x 48 cm
Osenat
Mar. 24, 2024
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) La place du Tertre à Montmartre Aqua
Est: €200 - €300
Lucien GENIN (1894-1953) La place du Tertre à Montmartre Aquarelle et gouache Signé en bas à gauche 24 x 32 cm ; avec cadre : 44 x 52 cm
Osenat
Feb. 13, 2024
LUCIEN GENIN (FRENCH, 1894-1954), Le Pont Neuf, Paris
Est: $600 - $1,000
LUCIEN GENIN (FRENCH, 1894-1954) Le Pont Neuf, Paris watercolour and gouache signed but illegible lower right 21 x 25.5cm PROVENANCE Sotheby's, London, Impressionist and Modern Paintings, 10 March 1976, Lot 99 Sotheby's, Melbourne, Fine Australian and European Paintings, Melbourne, 25 August 1997, Lot 77 The Estate of Daniel and Ioanna Ellerington, Melbourne
Gibson's
Jan. 13, 2024
Lucien Genin (French, 1894-1958)
Est: -
Institute de France, Paris, Gouache on paper, 32 x 40 cm, Signed
Yair Art Gallery
Nov. 15, 2023
**Lucien Genin 1894-1958 (French) Paris, Porte Saint Denis gouache on paper
Est: $600 - $700
Lucien Genin 1894-1958 (French) Paris, Porte Saint Denis gouache on paper h:24.50 w: 33.50 cm. signed lower left Other Notes: ** by a lot number indicates an item that arrived from outside Israel and is subjected to the Israeli tax laws meaning an 17% value added tax on the purchase price and the buyer's commission when released in Israel. Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 09, 2023
LUCIEN GENIN (Rouen, 1894 - Paris 1953). Untitled. Watercolor on paper. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €400 - €500
LUCIEN GENIN (Rouen, 1894 - Paris 1953). Untitled. Watercolour on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Size: 16 x 16 cm; 25 x 25 cm (frame). Lucien Genin studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, where his teachers were Alphonse and Albert Guilloux, and later enrolled in Decorative Arts at l'École-de-Médecine. He took evening classes in sculpture, architectural composition and mathematics. He arrived in Montmartre in 1912, after a series of small trades, Maclet finally earned his living with his painting. Lucien Genin settled permanently in Montmartre at the age of twenty-five. More than a painter of Paris, Genin is a painter of Parisians, of the devouring passion that stirs all his characters in the big city. He paints them in the alleys of Montmartre, dining at night in the Place du Tertre, singing in the Lapin Agile, cars on the boulevards, spectators and street singers; he follows them on the banks of the Marne at the first rays of the sun and in the south of France in summer. In turn, he is in Nogent-sur-Marne, Marseille and Cassis, Cannes and Villefranche-sur-Mer. He was in Douarnenez in 1929 with Pierre Colle, Giovanni Leonardi and Max Jacob. He painted the port of Rosmeur at the feast of the blue nets and exhibited his painting at the Salon d'Automne in 1930. In November 1929, André Warnod wrote about his painting: "Lucien Genin depicts Paris with a sometimes hasty ardour but with a pleasant flavour of vivid colours". During these ten years, he practised a painting that was composed, colourful, sensitive, skilful, delicate, humorous and comic. A painting by Lucien Genin won the Art Institute of Chicago prize in 1932. In 1940, he took refuge in Marseilles for a few months. In 1941, the Paris City Council bought him a gouache and in 1944 René Fauchois presented his exhibition at the Bernard gallery. In 1947 he left for Cassis for the last time and exhibited at the Bernard gallery on his return. In his last years he devoted himself to painting landscapes in his room, with his easel under the window, where Robert Doisneau visited him a few weeks before his death. Lucien Genin was immortalised in 1953 in Le Vin des rue by Robert Giraud and Robert Doisneau. A retrospective exhibition was organised for him at the Galerie Seine in 1954.
Setdart Auction House
Nov. 09, 2023
LUCIEN GENIN (Rouen, 1894 - Paris 1953). Untitled. Watercolor on paper. Signed in the lower central area.
Est: €400 - €500
LUCIEN GENIN (Rouen, 1894 - Paris 1953). Untitled. Watercolour on paper. Signed in the lower central area. Size: 22 x 28 cm; 39 x 44 cm (frame). Lucien Genin studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, where his teachers were Alphonse and Albert Guilloux, and later enrolled in Decorative Arts at l'École-de-Médecine. He took evening classes in sculpture, architectural composition and mathematics. He arrived in Montmartre in 1912, after a series of small trades, Maclet finally earned his living with his painting. Lucien Genin settled permanently in Montmartre at the age of twenty-five. More than a painter of Paris, Genin is a painter of Parisians, of the devouring passion that stirs all his characters in the big city. He paints them in the alleys of Montmartre, dining at night in the Place du Tertre, singing in the Lapin Agile, cars on the boulevards, spectators and street singers; he follows them on the banks of the Marne at the first rays of the sun and in the south of France in summer. In turn, he is in Nogent-sur-Marne, Marseille and Cassis, Cannes and Villefranche-sur-Mer. He was in Douarnenez in 1929 with Pierre Colle, Giovanni Leonardi and Max Jacob. He painted the port of Rosmeur at the feast of the blue nets and exhibited his painting at the Salon d'Automne in 1930. In November 1929, André Warnod wrote about his painting: "Lucien Genin depicts Paris with a sometimes hasty ardour but with a pleasant flavour of vivid colours". During these ten years, he practised a painting that was composed, colourful, sensitive, skilful, delicate, humorous and comic. A painting by Lucien Genin won the Art Institute of Chicago prize in 1932. In 1940, he took refuge in Marseilles for a few months. In 1941, the Paris City Council bought him a gouache and in 1944 René Fauchois presented his exhibition at the Bernard gallery. In 1947 he left for Cassis for the last time and exhibited at the Bernard gallery on his return. In his last years he devoted himself to painting landscapes in his room, with his easel under the window, where Robert Doisneau visited him a few weeks before his death. Lucien Genin was immortalised in 1953 in Le Vin des rue by Robert Giraud and Robert Doisneau. A retrospective exhibition was organised for him at the Galerie Seine in 1954.
Setdart Auction House